Joshua Wilkerson is the author of The Keeper (Ugly Duckling Presse, forthcoming) and Meadowlands/Xanadu/American Dream (Beautiful Days Press, 2022). He is the co-editor of Beautiful Days Press and the journal Works & Days and is a PhD student at the CUNY Graduate Center. Writing has appeared in Cleveland Review of Books, Tagvverk, New Mundo, Noir Sauna, Community Mausoleum, and Annulet.